corporal punishment - Similar and Opposite Words

What is another word for corporal punishment ?

Here are the synonyms for corporal punishment , a list of similar words for corporal punishment from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime

Synonyms

• corporal punishment

More generic

• penalisation
• penalization
• penalty
• punishment

More specific

• beating
• capital punishment
• death penalty
• drubbing
• electric shock
• executing
• execution
• gantlet
• gauntlet
• kick in the butt
• lacing
• lapidation
• licking
• stoning
• thrashing
• trouncing
• whacking

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